(Post share from the IRATAD Blog)
Addiction is about not being able to maintain boundaries, follow though on commitments and being able to self-soothe in a healthy way. When we are unable to say no and follow through on the no......(such as over-commiting ourselves to things), when we are unwilling to sacrifice an extra hour of sleep on a cold morning to go to the gym, or when we say "just one more time" or I will start this next week, we are engaging in a dangerous addictive cycle. We become stuck in the same behaviors to which Sisyphus was condemned by the ancient Greek Gods. His punishment for crimes against the Gods, was to eternally roll a large boulder up a hill and upon reaching the summit of the hill with great exertion, the boulder would roll to the bottom of the hill. This was considered by all to be not only backbreaking work, but the added frustration of the fruitlessness of the effort in the end.
